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the best book ever (this week)
Five picture books reviewed, including a bee with food allergies, guardians brought to life from pillows, leaves, and blankets, and a reunion with some long lost… um… friends?
Books reviewed on this episode:
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The Day the Crayons Came Home
by Drew Daywalt; illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Philomel Books
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I Am Henry Finch
by Alexis Deacon; illustrated by Viviane Schwarz
Candlewick Press
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Max and Marla
by Alexandra Boiger
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
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HumFree the Bee has a Food Allergy
by Alison Grace Johansen; illustrated by Brian Talbott
Mascot Books
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Lenny & Lucy
by Philip C. Stead; illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Roaring Brook Press